The Culture and Power of Knowledge : Inquiries into Contemporary Societies / Nico Stehr, Richard V. Ericson.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Ericson, Richard V., editor.

Stehr, Nico, editor.

Series:

Ausgaben deutscher Literatur des 15. bis 18. Jahrhunderts

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Civilization, Modern--1950-.

Civilization, Modern.

Knowledge, Sociology of.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (408 p.)

Edition:

Reprint 2013

Place of Publication:

Berlin ; Boston : De Gruyter, [2013]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

No detailed description available for "The Culture and Power of Knowledge".

Contents:

Frontmatter

Preface

Contents

Part I

The Culture and Power of Knowledge in Modern Society / Stehr, Nico / Ericson, Richard V.

Part II. Theoretical Perspectives

Introduction / Stehr, Nico / Ericson, Richard V.

A Critical View of Modernity / Touraine, Alain

The Techno-structures of Society / Böhme, Gernot

Some Observations on "Post-modern" Society / Eisenstadt, S.N.

The Idols of Technology / Leiss, William

Part III. Knowledge, Experts and Expertise

Life-world and Expertise: Social Production of Dependency / Bauman, Zygmunt

Experts, Counsellors and Advisers / Stehr, Nico

Knowledge as Product and Property / Fuller, Steve

Modem Society as a Risk Society / Beck, Ulrich

Science as a Societal Risk Producer: A General Model of Intersystemic Dynamics, and some Specific Institutional Determinants of Research Behavior / Schimank, Uwe

Social Conflicts about the Definition of Risks: The Role of Science / Lau, Christoph

Part V. The Economic Structure of Knowledge Societies

The Changed World Economy / Drucker, Peter F.

Global Change and Economic Policy / Lipsey, Richard G.

Learning and the Economy / Marquand, Judith

Part VI. Empirical Analysis of Knowledge Production and its Social Consequences

Scientific Evidence and the Regulation of Technical Risks: Twenty Years of Demythologizing the Experts / Daele, Wolfgang van den

Expertise as a Network: A Case Study of the Controversies over the Environmental Release of Genetically Engineered Organisms / Cambrosio, Alberto / Limoges, Camille / Hoffman, Eric

Expert Advice and Pragmatic Rationality / Rip, Arie

On the Authors

Name Index

Subject Index

Backmatter

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 08. Jul 2019)

ISBN:

9783110847765

3110847760

OCLC:

922948126